The team first visited the ART centre and saw the regular functioning there. Afterwards, they visited the Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC). Dr Goosby also held a meeting with the officials of the ART centre.

Dr Jaya Chakravarty, deputy director, COE, BHU gave a presentation on the activities of the centre in BHU. She informed that the ART centre in BHU was started by NACO in 2005 with Shyam Sundar the nodal officer. The centre was upgraded to COE in HIC care by NACO in 2008. As many as 31 ART centres from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh come under COE in BHU. She further informed the delegates that around 16,500 patients are registered in the centre out of whom 4,294 are alive and taking treatment. Around 229 patients have been started on second line of ART. The centre has been involved in regular research, training and mentoring activities and is the first centre in India to start HIV viral load testing, independently.

The centre also organised Regional Distance Learning Seminars (RDLS) and is the first centre to have Expert Physician Access Number (EPAN- 9451865687) to answer the queries regarding testing and treatment of the disease. Dr Goosby also addressed the gathering on the occasion. Director, IMS, BHU, RG Singh, programme director, COE, Dr Shyam Sundar and various faculty members of IMS, BHU were present on the occasion.

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